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“Don’t Fiddle With Someone’s Form”: Gautam Gambhir Wants This India Star To Take Virat Kohli’s No.3 Position In T20Is | Cricket News
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“Don’t Fiddle With Someone’s Form”: Gautam Gambhir Wants This India Star To Take Virat Kohli’s No.3 Position In T20Is | Cricket News

[ad_1] Asia Cup: Virat Kohli and Suryakumar Yadav run between the wickets.© AFPThe Indian cricket team batting line-up, after two matches at the Asia Cup, has shown a clear trend. Suryakumar Yadav, who is currently world no. 3 in ICC T20I rankings for batters, is coming to bat at No. 4 spot while former captain Virat Kohli is coming in at No. 3. However, going by recent form, Suryakumar has shown much greater capability to accelerate the innings than Kohli. Even former India batter Gautam Gambhir feels that Suryakumar should be played at the No. 3 spot."See, I have a reason behind it. The reason is that you don't fiddle with someone's form, just because you want someone else to get back in form. He was unbelievable in England when everyone struggled. He was brilliant in the West Indies a...
Harbhajan Singh Slams Trolls Mocking Him For Laughing At Shahid Afridi’s Comment On Gautam Gambhir | Cricket News
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Harbhajan Singh Slams Trolls Mocking Him For Laughing At Shahid Afridi’s Comment On Gautam Gambhir | Cricket News

[ad_1] File photo of Harbhajan Singh.© AFPIndia spin great Harbhajan Singh faced flak on social media after he was seen laughing as former Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi commented during a discussion that Gautam Gambhir was not liked even by Indian players. Harbhajan, however, dismissed the trolls who "just want to have some fun" and said they are just trying to wind him up to get a reaction out of him. He said that Gambhir is his "brother" and that he stands with every Indian player."These people just want to have some fun, nothing else.  Their job is to create issues in others' work, so that I say something or react," Harbhajan said to Sports Tak."I don't have to clarify anything about how close Gautam and I are or how good our friendship is. These people want to make a big deal ou...
“Hope It’s Not Long-term…”: India Great Gautam Gambhir On Team Dropping Rishabh Pant Against Pakistan | Cricket News
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“Hope It’s Not Long-term…”: India Great Gautam Gambhir On Team Dropping Rishabh Pant Against Pakistan | Cricket News

[ad_1] File photo of Gautam Gambhir© AFPAhead of the India-Pakistan match at the Asia Cup 2022, skipper Rohit Sharma sprung a surprise at the toss as he announced Rishabh Pant was not part of the Indian playing XI. Instead, the Indian team management went ahead with the veteran Dinesh Karthik. Over the last one year, Karthik has excelled in the finisher's role. He has performed consistently well for his franchise too in the Indian Premier League. Pant, on the other hand, has been as the first-choice wicketkeeper for quite some time now.However, Gautam Gambhir said that consistency in playing XI was needed with the 2022 T20 World Cup in two months' time."I won't experiment from now on because how many games do we have… this Asia Cup? And then you've got what… five more games, six more gam...
Twitter Sees Red As Shahid Afridi Says Even Indian Players Didn’t Like Gautam Gambhir | Cricket News
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Twitter Sees Red As Shahid Afridi Says Even Indian Players Didn’t Like Gautam Gambhir | Cricket News

[ad_1] Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi is one cricketer, who has a habit saying things which leave a bad taste in the mouth of Indian cricket fans and often Indian cricketers as well. He has in the past too given controversial statements about India and Indian cricketers and it seems he is not ready to change his ways, despite facing a lot of flak from cricket fans.Ahead of Sunday's high voltage Asia Cup clash between India and Pakistan, Afridi was part of a coverage where an Indian and a Pakistani news channel had collaborated.The discussion also involved former India spinner Harbhajan Singh.During the discussion, Afridi touched upon his tussle with former India opener Gautam Gambhir on social media. The duo had, a now infamous, altercation during an ODI in 2007 and the video is s...